Chapter 491 (1/2)

Hello, Brother

As they travelled, Shao Xuan could clearly feel the bone ornaments weakening.

In the beginning, the seawater was a distance away from them. After that, the open-air sections shortened in the front and back so the troop had to shorten their lines and squeeze together.

It was the first time they left the land they’d lived in for so long, the first time they walked on such a peculiar path. After the awe had worn off, all there was left was anxiety.

They feared the tall walls of water on both sides, worried that the bone ornaments might not have enough strength to sustain the journey, worried that the walls would collapse and drown them all. They felt how small they were in this vast ocean. Their future was uncertain.

There were many in this tribe who did the same thing every day. They had their daily routines. But now? They didn’t know what would happen. However, if the tribe was here, everyone was here. They were willing to die together.

Shao Xuan looked ahead. Although he could only see seawater before him, he felt a sense of familiarity.

His first slave, that blue beetle was there. Other than the beetle, there was one more…

The excitement in his eyes grew.

“Soon! Don’t worry, there are people there to welcome us,” said Shao Xuan.

He sensed Caesar’s presence. Compared to Sapphire the beetle, the connection between Shao Xuan and Caesar was weaker. He only sensed it because he was close by. This meant Caesar was at the end of the path.

If Caesar was there, then all the other Flaming Horns must be there. The shaman and Ao would never let Caesar here alone.

Shao Xuan told the shamaness, Zheng Luo and others about what he sensed. Everyone perked up with this news.

Why were they so worried? They were worried they might not be accepted. Everyone already knew many secrets, they knew that there was another part of the Flaming Horn tribe, that the two branches were initially one. Now, they will unite as a complete Flaming Horn tribe.

As they approached their destination, the walls of seawater changed too. They gradually shortened as the sea became shallower.

The path was much brighter.

The bone ornaments’ powers were still weakening. In front, the journey was entirely supported by the bone ornament’s powers. At their breaking point, if no one took over, the path would grow more and more narrow until everyone drowned.

Shao Xuan knew the ancestors could only help so much. After this, it was up to them.

Since he brought them into the ocean, he had to bring them out too.

Taking out a fire crystal, just like how he pushed snow, he pushed the water apart. It was an exhausting task, he would never have been able to survive. He relied on a fire crystal to replenish his energy.

Knowing that Shao Xuan was doing this, the shamaness passed a pouch with fire crystals to Zheng Luo. She was still carried on someone’s back since she wouldn’t be able to keep up with their speed. She could not walk so Zheng Luo was tasked with replenishing the fire crystals.

When Shao Xuan exhausted the powers within one fire crystal, Zheng Luo would pass him another.

On the other end of the tunnel, on a cliff.

The Flaming Horn party had already arrived. The swarm of insects had scared them but they didn’t expect that one large beetle from the swarm to lead Caesar here. The people all followed them here.

“This was where Ah Xuan fell?” asked Guihe.

The two high-ranked leaders of the tribe, Guihe and Ta had fought to come on this trip. Since they were both major leaders, one of them had to stay with the tribe. In the end, because Guihe had a bird that could help them survey their surroundings in the air, he was sent with the troop while Ta stayed at the village.

Chacha had disappeared for a very long time, no one could find it. Now, Guihe’s snow-white falcon was the only one who could help them scout and survey their surroundings.

“Must be here.” Ao grew more upset as he thought about how Shao Xuan was forced to jump off here. However, at this point, Snow Plains City and Fire Mound City no longer existed. There was only the King of the Desert, Yan Ling.

All the Golden Armours of Snow Plain City were killed.

“So we’ll just wait here?” asked guihe.

Ao looked at Caesar, who sat at the edge of the cliff. “We’ll wait here.”

Caesar was staring at the ocean. Would Shao Xuan come from the waters?!

Ao and the rest didn’t understand but all they could do was wait. They could even go down the cliff and spear some fish for food. If they saw giant fish, they wouldn’t swim. They could provoke beasts in the forest but not water because they would be at a disadvantage underwater.

Days passed but they did not see anyone jump out of the water. Until one day, Caesar started howling, facing the ocean.

One of the tribesmen, who was scaling a fish, dropped what he was doing and came to the edge of the cliff.

“Come look at this, what’s that?!”

“Is that fire?”

“Nonsense, how could there be a fire in the ocean…. Hey, I think it could be fire!”